Improvement in portable soda-water apparatus



:r. MATTHEWS.

PORTABLE SODA-WATER APPARATUS.

No.184,292, 1 Patented Nov.14,1 876.

THE GRAPHIC CU-ILY ead UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MATTHEWS, on new Yoexn. Y.

IMPROVEMENT I PQ'RTABLE SODA-WATER APPARATUS,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,292, dated November14, 1876; application filed August 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MATTHEWS, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PortableApparatus for Transporting and Dispensing Soda-Water, 860.; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use 'the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in Which Figurel is a vertical longitudinal section in the line y y of Fig. 2; Fig. 2,a front elevation, and Fig. .3 a vertical cross-section in the line 00as of Fig.1.

This invention is', essentially, a portable soda-water apparatus,consisting of a coupe or small bandwagon, in which are arrangements,first, for carrying the fountains beneath the axle; second, incompartments at the rear part for stowiug ice, water'tanks, racks forsirup-bottles,and other articles; third, in arrangements in front fordispensing sodawater and other beverages,consisting of draftarms,sirup-faucets, coolers, and tumbler-washers fourth, in the arrangementof draws and stow-away places for money, tools, and the like; fifth, inarrangements of means for shelter of the devices while in use, and forclosing up while moving or not in use; and, sixth, in devices forstaying the wagon at any place where it may be desirable to fix it inthe accompanying drawings, in which 0 is a closet in which extra sirupsand ice are kept. D D are draft-arms; S S, sirup-cocks. T T aredepressions to hold the tumblers. F F are fountains for holding theaerated beverage. H is the hand-rail, by which the wagon may be drawn. 0is the socket to receive the handrail. H is the axle. P is a pipe toconvey the ice-Water from the coolingchamber to the tumbler-washer. W Ware the large wheels. w w are small guide-wheels. a is the awning, and Sthe awning-support. a is the spring-roller. w is the tumblerwasher. O isa closet beneath the dispensing-counter. r is a rod to pull up leg 1 Kis a catch on rod 4, which catches at q to hold up the leg 1 when thewagon is being moved. land Z are legs upon which the apparatus standswhen in use for dispensing. m m are money-drawers. o is an opening foregress to cooling-chambers and sirup-cans. 1' r are racks to hold extrabottles of sirup. D is the door inclosingdraft-arms and sirup-cocks. dis door by which the fountains are placed in the apparatus; d the doorto closet G a is catch or rest for the end of the fountains.

The necessary pipes for conveying the beverages from the fountains andto the coolers, being of the ordinary construction, are not shown. 4

By the arrangement of the foifirtainsbelow the axle, space iseconomized, and the apparatus is less liable to upset.

1 have shown the dispensing apparatus in front, and ice-boxes, racks,860., in the rear. They may, however, be reversed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. In a soda-water coupe orwagon, the combination of a fountain, an. ice-chamber, draft-arm, andsirup-faucets, all arranged substantially as described.

2. The combination of the ice-'box, tumblerwasher, and draft apparatuswithin the body of the coupe, as set forth.

3. The combination of draft-arms D, tumbler-support T, andtumbler-washer 20 4. In a portable soda-water apparatus, a

shelter formed by handles H,- supports S the apparatus, and with rod r,substantially awninga, and roller a substantially as shown as shown anddescribed.

and described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5. In aportable soda-water apparatus, a my own I affix my signature in presenceof raolgr within the interior of the apparatus, two witnesses. and inproximity to the cooler 0 substantially as shown and described.Witnesses 6. In a portable soda-water apparatus, the y W. D. SLOAN,combination of the legs I l with the body of B. F. HALL.

J OHN MATTHEWS.

